Question

<span>
    <label for="305">
        <input type="checkbox" name="305" style="vertical-align: middle;" value="305" id="305"> Farming General
    </label>
</span>

How do I get text “Farming General” using jQuery. Please do not ask me to change HTML structure

Answer 1

You can grab it using an ID selector, going to the .parent() and using .text() like this:

​$("#305").parent().text()
//or:
$("label[for='305']").text();

Though, IDs starting with a number aren’t valid until HTML5, just be aware 🙂

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You can also get it without jQuery, like this:

document.getElementById("305").nextSibling.nodeValue

Though you may want to trim it down with $.trim(), like this:

$.trim(document.getElementById("305").nextSibling.nodeValue)